Today's Features

Blake Benefield, son of Kim Benefield of Prospect, received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His is the grandson of Jim and Brenda McNuer of Laurens, South Carolina.

Providence Richwood, formerly The Richwood, hosted their annual Mother’s Day Breakfast for current residents, families and staff on Friday morning, May 9. Residents were treated to hair styling and makeup for the special event. All ladies in attendance were presented with their own beautiful corsage and served a delicious hot breakfast by the staff at the nursing and rehab center.

One of the powerful scriptures that people like to quote is from Romans 8:28. It reads, “…We know that in all things God works for the good.” Like the Bible verse that says, “God never gives you more than you can handle,” these verses comfort people in times of challenge. The problem is one is incomplete and the other is not in the Bible, and neither, as they are printed, are true.

Carolyn Wilding was the recipient of CASA of the River Region Volunteer of the year Award for Oldham, Henry, and Trimble Counties at the annual volunteer appreciation dinner held on April 21 at the Sawyer Hayes Community Center. Wilding has been a volunteer with the agency,

which works within the family court system to assist children who have been abused or neglected, since 2007. CASA served 465 children in its six county service area in 2013.

As one of the biggest names in racing and a family lineage in stock cars, it seems odd NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. would have considered anything but racing cars in his lifetime.

But one of most popular racers ever said he has always had a backup plan if racing on Sunday afternoons in stock car racing’s highest circuit didn’t work and encouraged students at Oldham County High School to “always have a backup plan” during a visit to the school last week.

More than 100 injured veterans spent Monday on a wet ride through Oldham County, all in the name of raising awareness of their cause.

The cyclists were part of the United Healthcare Ride 2 Recovery Bluegrass Challenge, a weeklong, 450-mile cycling trip from Covington to Nashville, Tenn.

Their trip led them down U.S. 42 on Monday for a quick lunch stop at the North Oldham Fire Department’s Skylight station. Kroger and the United Service Organizations (USO) provided lunch. It was the second day of the seven-day journey south.

In James 5:16 we read, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” As Christians we are to desire righteousness, that is, we are to live lives as holy as we can. We recognize we will never be free from sin, but we make no excuses. The more we are able to do this the more powerful and effective our prayers will be. I want powerful and effective prayers. What about you?